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Barkley Leonnard Hendricks

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Barkley Leonnard Hendricks (1945 - 2017) was active/lived in Connecticut, New York.  Barkley Hendricks is known for Black portrait figure social commentary painting.

"Barkley L. Hendricks, Portraitist of a New Black Pride, Dies at 72"
The New York Times, by William Grimes, April 21, 2017

Barkley L. Hendricks, a painter who gave new representation to ordinary black men and women, memorializing them in portraits that echoed the grand manner of the old masters, died on Tuesday in New London, Conn. He was 72.

His wife, Susan, said that the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage.

While touring Europe as an undergraduate art student in the mid-1960s, Mr. Hendricks fell in love with the portrait style of artists like van Dyck and Velázquez. His immersion in the Western canon, however, left him troubled. In his visits to the museums and churches of Britain, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, he saw virtually no black subjects. His own race was, in effect, a void in Western art.

As the Black Power movement unfolded around him, he set about correcting the balance, in life-size portraits of friends, relatives and strangers encoun   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8139 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  16
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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Barkley Leonnard Hendricks
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Flashblack November 2008 Koplos, Janet Yes
ARTnews Hip Off the Old Block June 2008 Landi, Ann Yes
Art in America Learning from "Black Male" March 1995 Nochlin, Linda Yes
16 Book References for Barkley Leonnard Hendricks
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1997 Powell, Richard J Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century 256 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 National Gallery of Art American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)		 545 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1980 Styron, Thomas W American Figure Painting 1950-198
(Exhibition catalog)		 115 Yes
1979 Meyer, Susan E 20 Figure Painters and How they Work 175 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Marcus, George H. (Editor) Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art Philadelphia Museum of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 166 Yes
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1973 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1973 927 No
1971 Doty, Robert Contemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art)
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
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